An American in Paris: An absolutely heartbreaking and uplifting World War 2 novel

Paris, 1940: Walking through Montmartre that morning was like the eerie calm right before a storm. The roads were deserted. We carried on, arm in arm, and then finally, we saw them. Columns and columns of soldiers, spreading through the streets like a toxic grey vapour. 'You must write about this, ' he whispered to me. 'You must write about the day freedom left Paris.'

As Nazi troops occupy the City of Lights, American journalist Florence is determined to do everything she can to save her ad...